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Mozambique acquires devices for medicine quality and authenticity screening
2:07 CAT | 17 May 2022
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Mozambique has acquired portable devices for the rapid verification of the authenticity and quality of medicines being imported into the country, health authorities announced on Monday.
“This portable device offers simple, quick and economical screening and can identify low-quality and counterfeit medicines circulating in the national market,” said Tânia Sitoe, president of the Mozambican Medicines Regulatory Authority.
The five devices are valued at US$150,000 (€144,000), and the government expects to receive three more by the end of the year.
According to recent data, about 5% of the medicines that enter Mozambique are counterfeit or of low quality, a problem that the Minister of Health, Armindo Tiago, considers “can only be tackled through the involvement of everyone, from manufacturers, regulatory authorities, police, healthcare professionals, customs, magistrates and consumers”.
The electronic devices provide medicine test results within seconds, the authorities say, adding that their maintenance is free of charge for Mozambique.
“The manufacturer can access the system and carry out maintenance remotely – there is no cost to the country,” Sitoe stressed.
According to health authorities, antibiotics, sexual stimulants and drugs used to treat Covid-19 are among the products most likely to be counterfeit in Mozambique.
Source: Lusa
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